Review of The Lobster (2015) by Donaldist — 17 Jun 2016

A dystopian satire in which a totalitarian society runs romance like an airless Kafkaesque nightmare that doesn't work even remotely on an allegorical level- the few pointed moments rest in side comments about the "removal of the bisexual option" and "assigning children to fighting couples". Doesn't really matter too much, as the film is damned funny, and if a movie makes me laugh, problems about its grander ambitions seem less significant.

I think I would have really dug this movie if it had stuck to one element of its well-constructed world and really milked it for its worth. "Hapless man attempts to fake heartlessness in order to win over the Heartless Woman" is the best and funniest portion of the film, and really makes for a good logline for a film of its own.